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Election 2024

Biden advisers brainstorm best policy pitch to halt Trump’s rise

Aides to President Biden have privately discussed proposing new taxes on the wealthy this year to help fund Social Security benefits as the presidential election looms, according to two people familiar with the matter.

By Jeff Stein

Trump lobs racially charged attacks against Haley ahead of N.H. primary

By Amy B Wang , Maegan Vazquez and Azi Paybarah

A ‘whale’ of a tale: Trump continues to distort cognitive test he took

By Ashley Parker and Dan Diamond

Haley says being Trump’s vice president is ‘off the table’

By Dylan Wells and Amy B Wang

Analysis

Haley’s ‘too many lies’ attack on Trump is too little, too late

By Aaron Blake

LIVE: ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

Iran accuses Israel of deadly Syria strike; American killed in West Bank

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Displaced Palestinians gather outside Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital in December. (AFP/Getty Images)

A kitchen table amputation is one of many procedures without anesthetic in Gaza

By Heba Farouk Mahfouz and Loveday Morris

Deep Reads

At 14, he has seen friends shot and killed. He’s trying to avoid that future for himself.

In D.C., where teens are increasingly victims of gun violence, Rashad Bates knows he could be next. So do the adults trying to keep him alive.

By Emily Davies

The January Reset Easy wins. Good habits. Better living.

Want to slow memory loss after 60? A multivitamin may be the answer.

By Marlene Cimons

3 tips for warming your home that can save energy and help the planet

By Allyson Chiu

A photo illustration GIF of a girl picking up a gummy, looking at it, and putting it in her mouth.

‘Am I using too much weed?’ Ask yourself these questions.

By Teddy Amenabar

8 secrets to faking a clean house

By Jennifer Barger

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What if Ozempic is the new orthodontia

Imagine if the moment a child is deemed “chubby,” parents — bowing to social pressure — rush to get a prescription to “fix” them.

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A new AI predicts when we’ll die. It says even more about how we live.

Opinion by Josh Tyrangiel

In the new Afghanistan, it’s sell your daughter or starve

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In Murdaugh’s world, you don’t have to make stuff up. Just bring the popcorn.

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What’s happening with the Republican primaries? We’ll text you.

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Cartoon: Trump warns Supreme Court of ‘chaos and bedlam’

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Save Black lives. Ban menthol cigarettes.

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Harvard offers more details of plagiarism review of former president

By Susan Svrluga

Breaking protection pledge, Russian regions reinstate animal kill shelters

By Mary Ilyushina

From left: Buffalo, Chicago, New York City. (AP)

Quiz: Can you guess from these photos how much snow fell across the U.S.?

The Lower 48 states had their most extensive mid-January snow cover in at least 20 years after multiple blasts of Arctic air and winter storms.

By Niko Kommenda and Ian Livingston

A woman wears a brown shirt that reads "Proud owner of The World's Ugliest Lawn" while standing in her yard, which she has not watered in years. Her lawn won a global contest encouraging people to send photos of lawns that they have kept dry to save water. — (Kathleen Murray)

Her dried-up yard won an ‘Ugliest Lawn’ award. She hopes it inspires others.

Kathleen Murray said she hopes she’ll inspire more “ugly” lawns like hers — and for homeowners to consider keeping only native plants in their yards and shutting off their sprinklers.

By Praveena Somasundaram

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What’s the best boxed brownie mix? We tried 10 top brands.

When you need brownies fast, these are the boxed mixes to turn to.

By Emily Heil and Becky Krystal

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Carolyn Hax chat: My friend clearly favors one child over the other

Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life.

Trump lobs racially charged attacks against Haley ahead of N.H. primary

Opinion

In Murdaugh’s world, you don’t have to make stuff up. Just bring the popcorn.

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Group wants to remove struggling friend’s social media crutch

Scientists may have the key to treating tinnitus: Retrain the brain

Politics

Louisiana legislature approves new congressional map with second majority-Black district

By Maegan Vazquez

What to know about Biden’s student loan income-driven repayment plan

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

Analysis

Comer’s habit of cherry-picking depositions comes back to haunt him

By Philip Bump

Analysis

Congress keeps punting on the hard work, then leaving town for recess

By Paul Kane

Trump Cases

Ga. prosecutor in Trump case paid for flights with Fani Willis, filing shows

By Amy Gardner and Holly Bailey

U.S. seeks jail for Trump adviser Navarro in Jan. 6 contempt case

By Spencer S. Hsu

Advice

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Carolyn Hax: Group wants to remove struggling friend’s social media crutch

Their friend’s life is falling apart, and the group is weighing an intervention over her obsessively curated social media image.

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Ask Amy: Recent update inspires reader to leave abusive relationship

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Miss Manners: Swimmer at my pool is always coughing

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Ask Sahaj: I need closure after a close friend ghosted me

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Work Advice: Qualified, experienced — yet somehow unhirable

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Medical Mysteries: A daughter’s pregnancy and a life-or-death decision

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AI could flag patients’ dangerous alcohol use before surgery

By Erin Blakemore

Scientists may have the key to treating tinnitus: Retrain the brain

By Amanda Morris and Aaron Steckelberg

Advice

Weight-loss drugs are challenging for people with eating disorders

By Pamela Ramos, MD

Do you eat foods that leave you hungry or full? Take our quiz.

By Anahad O’Connor

The Home You Own

These houseplant ‘hacks’ could do more harm than good

By Lauren David

11 unexpected tools you should always have in your home

By Laura Daily

Illustration of a woman changing her clothes as she gets home from work.

Should you change clothes when you get home? These people say yes.

By Rachel Kurzius

Concept paper illustration of a woman multitasking with many arms holding different cleaning supplies.

8 ways to make cleaning house less overwhelming

By Annie Midori Atherton

BOOK WORLD News, reviews and big ideas for all things fiction and nonfiction

Review

Why Naomi Osaka matters

By Ashley Brown

Review

A remarkable epic about an Indigenous people near the Arctic Circle

By Kanishk Tharoor

Review

‘Filterworld’ says algorithms are destroying your sense of taste

By Rachelle Hampton

Review

A look at King Charles’s early reign has a distinct point of view

By Autumn Brewington

‘The Fetishist’ is a novel ahead of its time, and a mother’s dying gift

By Sophia Nguyen

Climate Expanded coverage of a changing planet

‘We can do better’: FEMA makes sweeping changes to speed up disaster aid

By Brianna Sacks and Brady Dennis

For truckers driving EVs, there’s no going back

By Shannon Osaka

Advice

Are induction stoves that much safer than gas? We tested them.

By Michael J. Coren , John Farrell and Alice Li

Analysis

Bird numbers are declining across the U.S. See which are increasingly rare in your city.

By Harry Stevens

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Frigid weather saps EV batteries. Here’s how to keep yours running.

By Amudalat Ajasa

After a slow start, winter weather has stormed the Lower 48 states

By Ian Livingston

Analysis

This week’s Arctic blast pales in comparison to cold of the past

By Matthew Cappucci

How to prepare your home for extreme cold, and stay warm in a power outage

By Victoria Bisset

Frigid weather saps EV batteries. Here’s how to keep yours running.

By Amudalat Ajasa

Apple’s no-good week was great for the company and bad for you

By Shira Ovide

Your unread emails don’t need to haunt you. Here’s how to start fresh.

By Heather Kelly

We’ve all looked lousy in photos. These tips can help.

By Chris Velazco

Technology

AI bots are everywhere now. These telltale words give them away.

By Will Oremus 23 minutes ago

The Davos elite embraced AI in 2023. Now they fear it.

By Cat Zakrzewski

Regulators crack down on company selling detailed location data

By Cristiano Lima-Strong

National

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Most states could see earthquake damage in the next century. See those at most risk.

By Kasha Patel 1 hour ago

Inside the fight over tackle football — and a proposed ban for kids — in California

By Albert Samaha

DOJ decried Uvalde shooting response. Will it have an impact?

By Arelis R. Hernández

She filed a complaint after being denied an abortion. The government shut her down.

By Caroline Kitchener and Dan Diamond

Tree of Life synagogue demolishes building five years after mass shooting

By Ben Brasch

WORLD

Herero captives in chains in 1904 or 1905, during the German genocide in German South West Africa. (Getty Images)

Retropolis The Past, Rediscovered

Why Namibia invoked a century-old German genocide in international court

By DeNeen L. Brown

With Rwanda deportation bill, U.K. evades human rights norms it established

By William Booth

Jamón is the champagne of pork products. Here’s how to enjoy it.

By Samuel Granados and Bonnie Berkowitz

Analysis

Does North Korea want to start a war? Maybe, some experts say.

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Min Joo Kim

Breaking protection pledge, Russian regions reinstate animal kill shelters

By Mary Ilyushina

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‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong says there’ll be no spinoffs

Armstrong also told the BBC that while “Succession” characters did “reprehensible” things, he didn’t “think of them as irredeemable.”

By Adela Suliman

HuffPost presses White House over ‘smear’ of Gaza story

By Laura Wagner

Los Angeles Times staffers stage walk-out to protest impending layoffs

By Jeremy Barr and Will Sommer

Va. lawmakers rebuke State Dept. for not paying group that helped Afghans

By Antonio Olivo

Volunteer working with at-risk youths is fatally shot on D.C. street

By Peter Hermann

Many residents of northern D.C. are asked to boil water

By Martin Weil

Analysis

D.C. area pasted by week’s second snowstorm. How it happened.

By Jason Samenow , Ian Livingston and Jeff Halverson

Commuter plane lands on Loudoun County Parkway, with no one hurt

By Tom Jackman , Omari Daniels and Ian Duncan

Capital Weather Gang

D.C.-area forecast: Frigid temperatures of today stick with us through the weekend

By Ian Livingston

Going Out Guide

The 18 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week

By Washington Post staff

SPORTS

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He climbed the NFL coaching ranks, sued the league — and kept climbing

By Michael Lee

Raiders hire Antonio Pierce as their coach, removing the interim tag

By Mark Maske

The slippery truth about staying warm on a frigid NFL field

By Alex Prewitt

He grew up in a refugee camp. Now he’s on the rise with the USMNT.

By Steven Goff

T.J. Oshie, a ‘special player’ for the Caps, looks revitalized after injury

By Bailey Johnson

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